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blackwell gpu

NVIDIA's GPU architecture used in current-generation AI data centers, including confidential-computing features that keep workloads shielded from the cloud operator running the hardware.

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confidential computingHardware-level encryption that keeps data unreadable even to the operator of the machine it runs on, including cloud providers. Chip vendors like NVIDIA and Intel ship their own versions of this on GPUs and CPUs.view term intel tdxIntel Trust Domain Extensions, a CPU feature that isolates a workload into an encrypted, hardware-protected region so even the machine's own operator cannot read it.view term root of trustA hardware component that anchors a system's boot process and security guarantees, verified independently rather than relying on the software running above it. A chain of these from separate vendors makes it harder for any single party to fake the whole stack.view term

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first used: jul 2026

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